Before
getting your home ready for selling, always consult a REALTOR®. Each
property is different and the following story should be used as a guideline
to get you ready for prepping your
property.
Wouldn't it be nice
to have Roger Hazard’s design team from "Sell
This House" come visit for a weekend?
Many "redecorators" and designers offer "Staging
Homes" services from $250 to $5,000. These services usually
give good advice, some help with the actual work involved, and others
even move in new furniture for you.
However, using Design Psychology strategies will help you make the
right choices on what is necessary to stage your home for a top-dollar
sale.
Residential Design Psychology encompasses your entire home setting,
from the fist sighting, whether your home is a condominium, single
family home, or a manufactured home. Design Psychology, based on
years of research on how our environments affect our emotions, helps
stage homes with the buyers’ emotions in mind. Also, this interior
decorating system uses the underlying physiological response to design
details-- how our senses react to colors, patterns, textures, and
furnishings, to entice a buyer to REALLY want your home.
Home buyers make their ultimate home selection based on their emotional
reactions to the properties they visit. The way their brains interpret
what they see, hear, touch, smell, and even taste causes them to
feel connected to the home they choose. Buyers may think they make
a choice based on economics, but even this decision is based on the
way they feel because they're getting a deal.
You, as a home seller, have two initial choices:
Sell your home as
a bargain to investors or bargain shoppers with limited income,
or
Sell your home for top dollar to your target market.
To prepare your home to sell to investors and bargain shoppers,
all you need to do is look for a real estate agent who does a lot
of advertising. This agent will list your home under market value.
Then sit back and allow the agent to sell your home for a rock-bottom
price. Don't be surprised when you get many offers for lower than
your asking price right away.
If you want to work a little, or perhaps a lot, you can sell your
home for top dollar. Explore ways to create a buyers’ dream
home. Because buyers let their emotions rule their decisions, stage
your home for your specific buyer profile. Learn how certain colors,
textures, and even plants help attract buyers who will spend more
money on your home. Get busy removing clutter, packing memorabilia,
staging, and sell your home for top dollar. Don't be surprised when
you get many offers for more than your asking price right away.
You may be able to assemble your own team of friends to help you
clear out your crowded rooms, paint, and spiff up your gardens. Who
needs Roger Hazard’s team when you've got a few good friends
and Design Psychology?
